Saturday, April 23, 2011

St. Louis airport opens to some flights after tornado (Reuters)

St. Louis airport opens to some flights after tornado (Reuters)

St. Louis airport opens to some flights after tornado (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Crews assess the damage near a parking garage at Lambert- St. Louis International Airport on April 23, 2011 after storms last night damaged both the interior and exterior of the airport. REUTERS/Sarah ConardReuters - St. Louis' tornado-battered airport reopened to some arriving flights on Saturday night after an all-out effort to repair the damage from a storm that also wrecked houses, tossed cars and knocked out power.

Thunderstorms from Texas to Ohio, some tornadoes (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:22 PM PDT

Damage at part of the St. Louis airport is seen in this image taken from video in St. Louis, Missouri, April 23, 2011. REUTERS/RTV/KSDK/HandoutReuters - Severe thunderstorms were expected in a band from Texas through to Ohio on Saturday with isolated tornado warnings as residents recoiled from a storm that swept the west side of St. Louis, forecasters said.

Company owner hoping for "miracle" with trapped Idaho miner (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:06 PM PDT

Reuters - The head of the company that owns the Idaho silver mine where a worker has been trapped underground for eight days said he still hopes rescuers will bring the miner safely home to his family.

Florida pastor vows return to protest after ban (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Reuters - The controversial Florida pastor banned from protesting near a Detroit-area mosque says he plans to return next week for a protest aimed at the court that found him to be a risk to public safety.

Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks from the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 23, 2011, to his limo, for an afternoon of golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.

In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT

In this April 20, 2011 photo, the name Barack Hussain Obama II is seen highlighted in a computer generated birth index from 1960-1964 in a Hawaii State government binder held at the State Department of Health in Honolulu. Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth. Highlighted in yellow on page 1,218 of the thick binder is the computer-generated listing for a boy named Barack Hussein Obama II born in Hawaii, surrounded by the alphabetized last names of all other children born in-state between 1960 and 1964. This is the only government birth information, called 'index data,' available to the public. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Barack Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth.

Letters trace Civil War for writer's forebears (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:30 AM PDT

This April 5, 2011 photo shows a bundle of letters written between Dr. Bowman Bigelow Breed and his wife Hannah during the Civil War while he served as a surgeon in the Union Army. These 'precious letters' — which managed to survive the ravages of time and several family fires — would total nearly 1,000 by war's end. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Alone in his hotel room after a solemn dinner with his brother, the newly enlisted Army surgeon took up pen and paper to make the first installment on his promise.

FAA falls short on plan to aid fatigued workers (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2011 file photo, a passenger jet flies past the FAA control tower at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration agreed nearly two years ago with a government watchdog’s recommendations that air traffic controllers’ work schedules be changed to combat fatigue, but did not act on them. When FAA proposed new limits on airline pilots’ work schedules to prevent fatigue last year, it ignored its own research recommending pilots be allowed to take naps during the cruise phase of flight so that they are refreshed and alert during landings. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - The Federal Aviation Administration told a government watchdog nearly two years ago that it was prepared to let air traffic controllers sleep or rest during work shifts when they weren't directing aircraft. It still hasn't happened.

US default could be disastrous choice for economy (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The United States has never defaulted on its debt and leaders from both parties say they won't let it happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at a fever pitch, and a gaping divide over the budget between Democrats and Republicans, anything could happen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered.

Tornado cleanup starts quickly in St. Louis area (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:58 PM PDT

In this aerial photograph, debris is strewn about a neighborhood Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Bridgeton, Mo., following a Friday-evening tornado in the area. St. Louis' main airport was closed for business Saturday while crews cleaned up after a tornado tore through a terminal, causing several injuries and sending people scurrying for shelter as plated glass shattered around them. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while topped trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home looked like a dollhouse that had had its roof lifted off. Looking down, the dining room table and other contents could be seen, damp in lingering rain.

Tweeting, deleting help build Rutgers webcam case (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT

FILE - This West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North 2010 yearbook file photo shows high school senior Dharun Ravi. Attorneys for Ravi and fellow Rutgers University student Molly Wei, who were both accused of secretly broadcasting a classmate's sexual encounter online, insist their clients were the only two people who saw a tame encounter and did not record it, The Associated Press reported Nov. 4, 2010. The classmate later committed suicide. On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Ravi was indicted. (AP Photo/West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, File)AP - Accused of a hate crime for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his college roommate's same-sex encounter, the roommate of Tyler Clementi is now also finding that it's not just what you tweet, but also what you delete, that can get you in trouble.

States hope tougher bail laws prevent violence (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:27 PM PDT

AP - Shortly after his second arrest for domestic violence in four months, Selami Ozdemir was able to post a no-money-down, $25,000 bail through a bondsman and returned hours later to his Connecticut home, where authorities say he shot his wife to death and then killed himself in January 2010.

Cyclists decry Golden Gate Bridge speed limit plan (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Plans to put the brakes on bicyclists riding across the Golden Gate Bridge has cycling enthusiasts crying foul in this urban center of two-wheeled activism.

New leader overhauls US broadcasts into Cuba (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 11:34 AM PDT

AP - A new generation of managers is taking the reins at the U.S. government's radio and TV broadcasts into Cuba, promising to overhaul the stations' programming in an effort to make them more relevant and reach a younger audience.

Renewed fight for gay marriage in NY hits suburbs (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT

FILE - Andrew Chapin of New York holds a sign during a rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in this April 28, 2009 file photo. New Yorkers opposed to gay marriage are being swamped by younger people who support it, while polls seem to show a new tact by advocates is working in the suburbs and upstate, the more conservative region where the issue will be won or lost. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - Lady Gaga on stage on Long Island this weekend, actors Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Julianne Moore on video and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany are headliners in New York's growing push to legalize gay marriage, a fight that may already be won thanks to shifting voter sentiment and a concerted, disciplined campaign.

With lights, poems, teens say goodbye to Cabrini (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:30 AM PDT

AP - Every day at sundown, the gutted shell of the last Cabrini Green public housing tower takes on a ghostly aura as lights start flickering sporadically from 15 floors of empty rooms.
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